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Methven Station
Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Methven Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Canmore ID 89860
Site Number NO02NW 52
NGR NO 0225 2560
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/89860
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Methven
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO02NW 52.00 0225 2560
NO02NW 52.01 NO 0226 2562 Granary
See also NO02NW 54 and NO02SW 91.
The terminal (and only) station of the branch from Methven Junction Station (NO02SW 37) was opened 1 January 1858 by the Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Rly. The branch closed to regular passenger traffic 27 September 1937 and to goods traffic on 25 January 1965.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 November 1995.
G Daniels and L Dench 1980; J Thomas and D Turnock 1989.
The area of the station is in use for light industry and no station buildings appear to survive. The remains of a platform edge may, however, be identified, and to the S there are the remains of the light timber bridge that formerly carried the line across a burn.
Visited by RCAHMS (RJCM, JRS), 7 November 1995.
